Dirk Benedict

I have a real soft spot for Dirk Benedict — the guy who managed to anchor not one but two of the most beloved cult TV franchises of his era. As Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica, he had this effortless swagger that made the character genuinely fun to watch, and then he turned around and did it again as the charming con-man Face in The A-Team, proving it was no fluke. A Whitman College-educated kid from Helena, Montana who became a bonafide 1980s TV icon is a story I'll always find quietly impressive. He's also written books and done stage work, which tells me there's more going on beneath the easy-grin surface than most people give him credit for.

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Name (English)

Dirk Benedict

Name (Japanese)

ダーク・ベネディクト

Reading

だーく・べねでぃくと

Born

March 1, 1945 (age 81)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rooster

Origin

Helena, Montana, United States

Occupation

television actor / stage actor / film actor / screenwriter / theatre director

University

Whitman College

• Official sitehttps://www.dirkbenedictcentral.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk%20Benedict
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%8D%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471006

Tags

• Montana
• television actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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